Yoke-ring lock and rein guard



July 8, 1924. 1,500,229

E. BROUGHAM YOKE RING LOCK AND REIN GUARD Filed May 19. '1923 J 27 fi a 17 9 2 Patented July 8, 1924.

umren STATES 1,500,229 PATENT or Flee;

iiiiirARbjBRbU'GnaM, or PENNANT, SASKATCHEWAN, cANADAfAs'sreNoR or one "HALF To JAMES P. BAKER, or HEnnIBoURe, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

YoKE-nme LOCK Am) REI'N GUARD.

Applicationfiled May 19,

To rill-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BROUGHAM, 'a sUbj'e'ct of the King of Great Britain, and a resident "of Pennant, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Yeke-Ring Locks and Rein Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates 'to' improvements in yoke ring "locks andrein guards, and the objects of the invention are to provide means for preventing-the reins from being caught or "tangled in the forward end of a vehicle tongue and further to provide means whereby the rein guard will act as a ring lock comprising a resilient member located at the forward end of a vehicle pole, deta'chably heldby a channel member on the pole and spring-connectedto the iron works of the pole.

Further objects'are to provide detachable means for securing the ring lock and rein ard.

Still further objects are the provision of a yoke ring lock and rein guard of simple and efficient construction with no complicated-parts to get out of repair, and in which the several parts'will better perform the functions required of them.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially of the improved construction and arrangement. of parts hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specification and illustrated by the drawingsthat form part of the same.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each each figure, and in which:

Fi re 1 is a side view of a vehicle pole fitte with my improved device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the device with pole removed.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional detail showing the connection between the channel member and the ring look.

In the drawings:

A represents the device as a whole comprising a vehicle pole 10 of the usual construction formed at the forward end and on the side with a recess 11 in which is secured a channel member 12, the cross limb of which is provided with a lug 13 extend.-

1923. Serial No. 640,168.

ing downwardly at right angles'to theside flanges 14 and 15 of the said'memb'er 12.

16 designates the usual iron works for the pole designed to fit and project in looped form 17 on the forward endof the-polelO and on the underside to extend between the flanges 14 and 15 of the channel member 12.. The inner end of the 'iron works i's extended beneath the pole and bent in substantially U-shaped form at 18, to be finally bolted at 19 to the pole 10. A V

20 is a resilient locking member for the pole ring 21 and bent at one end 'to fit between the flanges 14 and 15 of th'e" channel member 12 and formed with an opening 22 to engage with the lug 13 of said channel,

member, the other or remote end of the member 20 being bent, and apertured at 23 to be secured to the side of'theU-shaped portion 18 of the iron works.

24 is a'bolt extending through the ap'e'r ture 23 in the remote end 25 of the 'member 20 and through the sides of the U-shaped portion 18, and provided with a securing nut 26 between which and said side is arranged on the bolt 24 a spiral spring 27 whereby the resilient member is springconnected to the iron works at its inner end.

28 is a line guard bolted to the remote end of the iron works and to the bottom of the U-shaped portion 18. 29 is a thumb loop for operating the resilient member substantially U-shaped and secured on each side by bolts 30 to the resilient member.

The operation of my device is as follows: The resilient member in the position as shown in Figure 3 is swung downwardly to the position shown by the dotted lines, when the yoke ring 21 is slipped across the forward end of the pole. into the position as shown in Figure 1. The resilient member is then snapped back into the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, engaging by means of the aperture at the top thereof, with the lug 13 of the channel member, and also engaging the sides 14 and 15 of the channel member. To do this, insert the fingers of either hand in the looped portion at the end of the stub pole and with the other hand draw the guard downwardly until free of the lock pin. Thenturn the guard slightly sideways.

Not only will the ring under all conditions be securely held from. Sliding over the pole, but the reins 01' 111. 55 annot g t entangled with the ring lock, the base of which in the form of the resilient member combined with the line guard, forming practically a semi-circle between the iron works and the pole for the reins to slide on but not connected.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained. in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A yoke ring lock and rein guard comprising, in combination with the pole of a vehicle, a metallic reinforcing member on the end of the pole, an U-shaped bend tormed in the member, and means for connecting said member to the pole comprising a chanel member formed with flanged sides secured to the pole and adapted to engage with the metallic member, a resilient wedgeshaped member adapted to detachably engage with the channel member, springactuated means connecting the end of the said wedged member with the metallic member, and rein guard means for the metallic memher.

2. A yoke ring lock and rein guard com in combination with a pole having a recess therein and provided with metallic reinforcing means, a channel member adapt- (d to engage with said reinforcing means, and a resilient wed e-shaped member adapted to detachably engage with the channel member, and spring connected to the reinforcing means whereby the yoke ring is locked on the pole, a rein guard for the reinforcing means, and means whereby the resilient member slidably engages with the rein.

3. In a device of the character described and in combination, a vehicle pole having iron works thereon adapted to fit snugly on the top of said pole and adapted to be suitably bent and secured to the bottom of said. pole, a flanged channel member in the pole adapted to engage with said iron works, a locking member adapted to detachably engage -with the channel member, springactuated means for securing the locking member to the iron works, and rein guard means for the locking member and the iron works.

In witness whereof I'have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BROUGHAM.

prisin Witnesses ERDMAN GRUSANO,, ARCHIE MCWILLIAM. 

